it has a forward by former first lady, laura bush. >> we must talk a little about st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell was important about that story? >> in st. petersburg, and the years were cold, it areas it is is forbidding. there are not a lot of other women there. most of the diplomatic biased to not travel with her husband when they get sent there. , louisa baby girl catherine adams, and the child dies after about a year. that really devastates her mother. it is very painful. john quincy is also very much torn apart by the death. the war of 1812 has broken out here. he is sent to negotiated treaty and leaves louisa with her youngest son, charles francis, in st. petersburg. he iseace is resolved and sure he will be returning home or sent to london, he asks her to join him. journeys this arduous from st. petersburg in the whoer to paris with a son is only seven of the time. and a couple of servings that she only met that day. she does not know she can trust them. , shee is crossing europe encounters dangerous travel condi